Naomi SemiRealism Portrait

It's been said several times that in order to successfully stylize something, you need to know how to build it realistically - so that's what I'm doing.

This is so totally NOT me turning a sudden fit of artistic whimsy into trying to remember how to construct and shade a face, and convince myself that I can still work with some level of realism. Totally not.

Anyway - here's Naomi. Not ENTIRELY realistic, and I could probably keep touching up the shading and highlights - but I think it's pretty good compared to how I usually do things.

EDIT I've been retouching the face little by little when I could spare a second - and I think I like this version a little better.
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Photoshop CS3, Too goddamn many hours to count.

_{Naomi... I dunno - it still doesn't really feel right saying that it's my character, when I owe so much to *Yume-Ikari for allowing me to tinker with her toys.}

Issues to address:
Shirt (head-hole is too small)
Lips need color.
Try emphasizing cheekbones more.